Claims made by Dave McCormick
"We all know China created COVID."
While campaigning for a U.S. Senate seat, Dave McCormick, an Army veteran, published a video ad with several claims regarding China, COVID, Donald Trump, and trade deals. In this video, McCormick completely slanders China to the point of saying, "We all know China created COVID", and because China "created" COVID, they should have to pay.
Unfortunately for McCormick and his unsubstantiated claims, there is no research that proves that China created COVID. "The scientific consensus is that the virus originated in Wuhan, China, but there is no clear evidence that China created it, on purpose or by accident" (Kertscher, 2022). McCormick's unproven comment stating, "We all know that China created COVID" is also untrue because not everyone believes/knows that China created COVID or that China should be held responsible and pay trillions.
If one had no knowledge of COVID-19 or its origination, one could have easily been fooled by this video and the unproven claims that were made. Further research would have easily revealed that the claims made by McCormick have not been proven. This video is a great example of why it is always important to check the facts before believing any claim.
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It is interesting how people are perfectly fine with jumping on this conspiracy theory bandwagon, despite its ability to prove absolutely nothing factual about their claims. Yes, the virus was first discovered in Wuhan; however, other than speculation of ulterior motives, how are politicians able to say these things with straight faces?
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